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    Namaste,

    I just came across this article on TOI and was aghast!

    link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/w...ow/5264701.cms

    I suppose a lot of Hindus still do animal sacrifice however I thought it had reduced drastically after Jain & Buddhist influence??

    It just seems so weird that Hindus, whose basic tenet of ahimsa (principle against VOLUNTARY emotional/physical/mental violence towards other beings), is slid under the carpet for this issue. (?)

    Of course, this doesn't compare to the pedophile worshiping (muslim) monkeys who kill about 2-3 MILLION goats every year in some desert to please their demonic fairy allah.

    Yet, the "secular" news media would only pounce on this "Hindu" animal sacrifice as anathema!

    Anyone know more about this festival? Are these types of sacrifices more common in the villages of India/Nepal?

    Well, there must be a reason for everything (including the existence of christians/muslims) so I suppose we shouldn't judge too quickly.

    Only GOD can protect India!

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    I was shocked by this as well. Ahimsa is such an important aspect of my life and I truly believe that flowers, leafs and fruits are fine offerings. Why destroy beings that have the same Atman as us? Sometimes I see things like this and I truly know that the Kali Yuga is effect.

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    @TatTwamAsi Ji,

    Compared to the killings of cows and goats for consumption by the Muslim, Christians and other people, I must say the sacrifices that some Hindus do are extremely relatively lower.

    People have agendas to show Hinduism in bad light. So these reports are all catered for that purpose. The meat industry and the dairy industry are the most cruel, but nobody talks abt that.

    In my place, there are temples where animal sacrifices being done annually, but not on daily basis. Most of these temples are temples of Kali Ma or Lord Muniandy (a Tamil village God). Personally I do not know what are the significances of sacrifices to the deities. But I have heard it is abt thanksgiving, say some good things happened to an individual after praying to Kali Ma, so they show gratitude by sacrificing a goat or a chicken, according to their capacity. Mostly it is based on traditions in the family.

    Well, I must say, we have the liberty to chose which temple you want to go. If you feel ahimsa is your principle, so live by it and go to temples where there's never any sacrifices done. But we should not ever try to criticize Kali Ma or othe deities for what their followers do. That's not right. Namaste.

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    Vanakkam: I agree with kshama. The western media has an agenda, and they are supported by right wing christianity, and the meat industry, who each have powerful lobbyists. So one can be a rebel by not supporting or attending such temples, by being a vegetarian, and by doing political action such as letter writing, signing of petitions, and protesting when possible.

    But even some of our own scriptures and Puranas talk of animal sacrifice. But of all faiths, I think ours moves on as well as any.

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    Before my wife and I left Malaysia to come to New Zealand, my mother-in-law wanted us to attend a ceremony at the Kantan Kali Temple (cave temple in Perak). Most of the shrines were either in the cave or just outside it, but there was one that was set significantly apart from the rest. It was a Madurai Veeran shrine. I asked my wife's grandfather why it was away from the main temple and he said that goats are sacrificed there.

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    Re: "Hindu" Animal Sacrifice in Nepal!!

    well, sacrifices are still practised in some parts of hindu world . vedic religion of aryans also had some significant animal sacrifices in their yagnas . so technically , hinduism was not always about non-violence .
    however in present day vedic sacrifices are held no more . but tantric scrifices still occur in places .

    however these falls into the ritualistic or karma kanda section of the hindu religion . and practicing sacrifce does nothing to elevate our consciousness to higher states of understanding--to know god . so its meaningless to follow this procedure ...at least for those who wish to be spiritual .


    balidaan(hindu term for sacrifice) symbolises offering of our six passions(sada ripu) of lust greed anger etc at the feet of the divine and can also be ritually performed with vegtables like gourd or sugarcane .

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    Re: "Hindu" Animal Sacrifice in Nepal!!

    Quote Originally Posted by kshama View Post
    @TatTwamAsi Ji,

    People have agendas to show Hinduism in bad light. So these reports are all catered for that purpose. The meat industry and the dairy industry are the most cruel, but nobody talks abt that.
    This is news because most of people think Hinduism is about peace and nature and living in harmony with animals. This maybe negative news but its news because it shows a side of Hinduism people are not familiar with. But dont assume everything from the western media is negative. Look at the post I made in the "I am a Hindu" section "Hinduism and Modernity" that story was pretty positive.

    Yet everyone here and elsewhere think that its the big bad Western Media showing their culture in a negative light. True as a student of the media, I am sometimes embarrass at home some cultures are displayed but if it upsets you so much do something about it create your own media.

    As a journalist I am instructed to get both sides of an issue if you feel only one-side of hinduism is being represented and its tainting the image of Hinduism call the editor, blog, write a letter to the editor. It is the responsibility of the Journalist to seek out contrary positions on controversial issues however if they cannot find any then you cant neccessarily blame them can you?
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    Namaskar Sagefrakrobatik Ji,

    First of all, after much thought and contemplation, I have decided long ago I will not create threads or posts here in HDF anymore.
    But since you have quoted my statement, I have to elaborate my point of view once again. If not, my statement will look biased.THIS WILL BE MY LAST POST.

    I am sorry, if you feel my statements seemed harsh towards the media. I am just stating my point of view. You see, there are certain quarters of people will try their best to showcase certain issues in a particular way in order to prove their point. This happens in the media all the time. Ethics in journalism are not followed by people nowadays, as news that are sensational and could create controversy can be an execellent news material-to make money.

    Hinduism has been a target of riducule and attacks by various quarters since long time ago. This is also a fact. Not only western media, media based on some specific religion too try to show Hinduism in bad light.

    People generally are more interested to know abt the so-called bad stuff about any matter. All confusions arose because of this. Sometimes what people see, hear and read in the media is not true or maybe slightly true. So this half-baked news about Hinduism will make people come into a wrong conclusion, because their premise of what Hinduism is are flawed.

    Coming back to the matter. Animal sacrifice has been practiced in some ways in Hinduism. But there's a purpose behind it. I can elaborate more on this matter, but it's not proper, as there are more senior and knowledgeable people here that can give you a precise picture of why the so-called animal sacrife being done.

    You can PM me, if you feel you need to ask more questions. This will be my last post here in HDF. Namaste to you and all.

    Kshama

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    Re: "Hindu" Animal Sacrifice in Nepal!!

    HI KSHAMA ,

    why last post ?!

    you not letting anyone go so soon .


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    Quote Originally Posted by TatTvamAsi View Post
    Namaste,

    I just came across this article on TOI and was aghast!

    link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/w...ow/5264701.cms

    I suppose a lot of Hindus still do animal sacrifice however I thought it had reduced drastically after Jain & Buddhist influence??

    It just seems so weird that Hindus, whose basic tenet of ahimsa (principle against VOLUNTARY emotional/physical/mental violence towards other beings), is slid under the carpet for this issue. (?)

    Of course, this doesn't compare to the pedophile worshiping (muslim) monkeys who kill about 2-3 MILLION goats every year in some desert to please their demonic fairy allah.

    Yet, the "secular" news media would only pounce on this "Hindu" animal sacrifice as anathema!

    Anyone know more about this festival? Are these types of sacrifices more common in the villages of India/Nepal?

    Well, there must be a reason for everything (including the existence of christians/muslims) so I suppose we shouldn't judge too quickly.

    Only GOD can protect India!

    SATYAMEVA JAYATE!

    JAI HIND!

    Namaskar.
    From my understanding this ritual is pre-Brahmin animist and their Shaktaism is more 'tantric'.

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